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this is wfaa-tv in dallas, texas. may i have your name, please, sir? >> my name is abraham zapruder. >> mr. zapuda? >> zapruder, yes, sir. >> zapruder, and would you tell us your story, please, sir? >> i got out about a half-hour early to get a good spot to shoot some pictures. as the president's coming down from houston street, making his turn, i heard a shot and he slumped to the side, like this. then i heard another shot or two. i couldn't tell you whether it was one or two. and i saw his head practically open up, all blood and everything. and i kept on shooting. that's about all. i'm just sick-- i can't... >> i think that pretty well expresses the feelings of the whole world. >> terrible. >> narrator: within two hours, the police had arrested 24-year-old lee harvey oswald. he was a former marine who had once defected to the soviet union. only weeks earlier, he had visited soviet and cuban diplomatic missions in mexico. >> the original complaint that the police department filed on lee oswald, around midnight on the 22nd of november, said that lee os
this is wfaa-tv in dallas, texas. may i have your name, please, sir? >> my name is abraham zapruder. >> mr. zapuda? >> zapruder, yes, sir. >> zapruder, and would you tell us your story, please, sir? >> i got out about a half-hour early to get a good spot to shoot some pictures. as the president's coming down from houston street, making his turn, i heard a shot and he slumped to the side, like this. then i heard another shot or two. i couldn't tell you whether it...
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kennedy was assassinated by gunfire as he drove in his motorcade through dealey plaza in dallas texas. he was 43 years old. three years into his one and only presidential term. president kennedy's state funeral was modeled after that of another assassinated president. abraham lincoln. the president's flag draped casket was drawn by horses down pennsylvania avenue from the capitol building to the white house where wife jackie and son john jr. was waiting. john jr. saluted his father in a heartbreaking moment. the family walks with a military escort. the funeral service was held at the cathedral. president kennedy was buried at the arlington cemetery where the eternal flame burns. question, what was the legacy of the kennedy presidency? pat buchanan? >> well john f. kennedy was young, charismatic, made for the television age. a wonderful sense of humor, an inspirational figure. i think what seared the soul of america for all of us watching the horrible way he die and the race to the hospital and taking the casket to washington dc and then the whole funeral and the shooting of oswald on
kennedy was assassinated by gunfire as he drove in his motorcade through dealey plaza in dallas texas. he was 43 years old. three years into his one and only presidential term. president kennedy's state funeral was modeled after that of another assassinated president. abraham lincoln. the president's flag draped casket was drawn by horses down pennsylvania avenue from the capitol building to the white house where wife jackie and son john jr. was waiting. john jr. saluted his father in a...
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they made their way into the plaza, in front of the texas school book depository. this is where kennedy was killed. our north american editor has been considering the meaning of that traumatic day. >> a president who offered optimism in an age of uncertainty was murdered here, and in the aftermath of the assassination, dallas was called the city of hate. still struggling to make sense of what happened. a man whod in awe of literally told us to reach for the moon, though he would not live to see us achieve that goal. >> america's youngest president and its first catholic seemed to offer a fresh vision for a country that was changing fast. he and his wife had enchanted most of america. this was intended to charm the state of texas. >> something has happened in the motorcade route. standby. there has been a shooting and the hospital is standing by for a severe gunshot wound. the presidential car is coming up now. there is a secret service man spread eagle on top of the car. >> president kennedy has been assassinated. this is official now. the president is dead. >> ken
they made their way into the plaza, in front of the texas school book depository. this is where kennedy was killed. our north american editor has been considering the meaning of that traumatic day. >> a president who offered optimism in an age of uncertainty was murdered here, and in the aftermath of the assassination, dallas was called the city of hate. still struggling to make sense of what happened. a man whod in awe of literally told us to reach for the moon, though he would not live...
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this is robert macneil, nbc news in dallas, texas. >> woodruff: after reporting a short nbc radio spot, macneil had to figure out a way to get to the hospital. >> i stopped a car that came along, it was a young man delivering cake boxes or something. i said "the president's been shot, i'll give you five bucks if you drive me to parkland hospital." five bucks was five bucks then. i kept saying "never mind the red light, never mind the police." >> reporter: outside parkland hospital, a stunned crowd began to gather and was absorbing the news. >> there was a visiting room there and there were two coin-operated phones on the wall and i grabbed one of them and i had it for the rest of the afternoon. and various interns and doctors and people would hold it for me as i went off to find other stuff. >> we are expecting momentary lay telephone call, that's why i'm seated here with this telephone here from nbc's robert macneil. >> woodruff: with nbc anchors frank mcgee and chet huntley on the line, macneil spoke in phrases repeated by mcgee and patched live into living rooms around the nation. >
this is robert macneil, nbc news in dallas, texas. >> woodruff: after reporting a short nbc radio spot, macneil had to figure out a way to get to the hospital. >> i stopped a car that came along, it was a young man delivering cake boxes or something. i said "the president's been shot, i'll give you five bucks if you drive me to parkland hospital." five bucks was five bucks then. i kept saying "never mind the red light, never mind the police." >> reporter:...
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adjust professor of law, university of texas law school. 2004 to 2009. partner, morgan, lewis, 2008 to 2012. senator, u.s. senate, 2013 now. you got that memorized? >> in the primaries, two brackets. there's an establishment bracket and a populous bracket. i think cruz is going to be competitive and your friend from new jersey will start off as the lead in the establishment bracket. >> ran paul is a good man, but not as of right now for sure. >> cruz's mother is an american citizen. the baby was born in canada. that makes cruz an american citizen. go ahead. >> look, i think cruz is a brilliant man, but he is so radical in his position, political positions that he will never, in my judgment, cross the divide to become a national candidate. and christie is a fantastic candidate and has unbelievable political scale. >> who is the candidate? we have four seconds. >> i said ran paul. who is the candidate? >> ran paul. the individual healthcare mandate will be put off for one year. yes or no? >> no. >> no. >> yes. >> yes. >> out of time. bye bye. >>> looking f
adjust professor of law, university of texas law school. 2004 to 2009. partner, morgan, lewis, 2008 to 2012. senator, u.s. senate, 2013 now. you got that memorized? >> in the primaries, two brackets. there's an establishment bracket and a populous bracket. i think cruz is going to be competitive and your friend from new jersey will start off as the lead in the establishment bracket. >> ran paul is a good man, but not as of right now for sure. >> cruz's mother is an american...
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tomorrow, the president was assassinated in texas. americans alive at the time, the day is etched in their memory. residence inn dallas, new york, and washington share with us their reflections. >> there are numerous people running up the hill. [sirens] is patricia. i was working as a nurse at parkland memorial hospital. i drove my car towards the hospital and i could hear the noise of the sirens. it seemed louder and more urgent than normal. >> the president and his body cradled in the arm of his wife are rushed to the hospital -- >> there were people milling around and i think i saw mrs. kennedy. that he died,old it hit us all very hard. >> i have written two books about john kennedy. on broadway.rtment it was a small crowd gathered around an automobile listening to the radio. they seemed quite agitated. i said, what is happening? has said, the president been shot. i walked home and turned on the television said. author cronkite was announcing that the president was dead. atpresident kennedy died 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:0
tomorrow, the president was assassinated in texas. americans alive at the time, the day is etched in their memory. residence inn dallas, new york, and washington share with us their reflections. >> there are numerous people running up the hill. [sirens] is patricia. i was working as a nurse at parkland memorial hospital. i drove my car towards the hospital and i could hear the noise of the sirens. it seemed louder and more urgent than normal. >> the president and his body cradled in...
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it's not only the president who was shot, the governor of texas was shot. who knew at that moment if lyndon johnson would have had a bullet for him f youngblood hadn't been lying on top of him protecting his body with his own. we were only 13 months past the cuban missile crisis. nuclear confrontation with russia. who knew if this was some sort of a conspiracy. and there's another interesting thing which nobody really pays attention to. as it happens, at that very moment, was one of, that motorcade is one of the rare moments when the president and the vice president were close together in another city. but at that very moment six members of the cabinet including secretary of state ruskin, secretary of the treasury and the press secretary weren't even in washington, they were all together on another plane heading to an economic conference in japan. so the government, this occurred at a moment when the government of the united states was by accident-- . >> rose: not in washington. >> yeah, very vulnerable. so they said we've got to get you back to washington.
it's not only the president who was shot, the governor of texas was shot. who knew at that moment if lyndon johnson would have had a bullet for him f youngblood hadn't been lying on top of him protecting his body with his own. we were only 13 months past the cuban missile crisis. nuclear confrontation with russia. who knew if this was some sort of a conspiracy. and there's another interesting thing which nobody really pays attention to. as it happens, at that very moment, was one of, that...
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fewer than 3,000 people and texas is a place where you have over 20% of people -- 20% uninsured in that state. so that's a state they really want to target, and these problems with the website had made it difficult for people to come through. >> a couple quick questions here, was there a number they were expecting? >> it's interesting because in september, there is a memo that was released by a house panel. marlin kabner estimated they would have roughly 500,000 people who would be at this stage. so it seems like -- >> came in -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> they have been lowering expectations clearly because of the problems with the federal exchange. >> was there a conference call today to follow up? >> there was. kathleen sebelius was on it, and her tone was actually confident saying we know there have been problems. she did address the issue and said we'll give you more data with regard to demographics next month. right now it's difficult to get the data and difficult for it to be reliable. this is just the first month. some states have been talking about what is going on in november
fewer than 3,000 people and texas is a place where you have over 20% of people -- 20% uninsured in that state. so that's a state they really want to target, and these problems with the website had made it difficult for people to come through. >> a couple quick questions here, was there a number they were expecting? >> it's interesting because in september, there is a memo that was released by a house panel. marlin kabner estimated they would have roughly 500,000 people who would be...
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. >> reporter: kennedy's trip to houston was part of a multi-city campaign swing through texas, and his time, despite lasting less than a day, wasn't short on notable moments. >> while he was in his room at the rice hotel, he had a visit from the publisher of the "houston chronicle," who showed him a poll saying that he would lose texas by 100,000 votes if the election were held today, to goldwater. after he was in his room, he stopped off at a meeting of the league of united latin american citizens, lula, that was an unexpected stop. jacqueline kennedy said a few words in spanish to the crowd. following the lulac banquet, kennedy made one more stop in houston before heading the to ft. worth for the night. >> all this week, you can share your memories of the day president kennedy was killed by visiting newshour.pbs.org. >>> that's it for this edition of "pbs newshour weekend." i'm hari sreenivasan, thanks for watching. >> announcer: "pbs newshour weekend" is made possible by judy and josh westin, joy b. hale, the wallet family, in memory of miriam and ira d. wallet, bernard and irene sc
. >> reporter: kennedy's trip to houston was part of a multi-city campaign swing through texas, and his time, despite lasting less than a day, wasn't short on notable moments. >> while he was in his room at the rice hotel, he had a visit from the publisher of the "houston chronicle," who showed him a poll saying that he would lose texas by 100,000 votes if the election were held today, to goldwater. after he was in his room, he stopped off at a meeting of the league of...
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bill minutaglio, professor of journalism at the university of texas at austin. and coauthor of the book "dallas, 1963." and bob dallek author of "camelot's court, inside the kennedy white house," and "an unfinished life." welcome to you all. >> nice to be here. >> ifill: it's famously known that kennedy's presidency lasted for 1,000 days. >> yeah. >> ifill: was there a legacy that could be formed after 1,000 days? >> you know, a lot of people must think so since there are 40,000 books that have been published about him since he tied. and there is a very important legacy. he's become an iconic figure. he commands 85% approval in a gallup poll. it's really kind of astonishing. the sixth briefest presidency in american history, 1,000 days, but you see, i think what recommends him so powerfully to people is they don't like his successors. johnson was vietnam. nixon with watergate. ford's frunicated presidency, jimmy carter, the two bushes. and kennedy, i think to this day, gives people kind of hope. he's frozen in our minds at the age of 46. people can't imagine tha
bill minutaglio, professor of journalism at the university of texas at austin. and coauthor of the book "dallas, 1963." and bob dallek author of "camelot's court, inside the kennedy white house," and "an unfinished life." welcome to you all. >> nice to be here. >> ifill: it's famously known that kennedy's presidency lasted for 1,000 days. >> yeah. >> ifill: was there a legacy that could be formed after 1,000 days? >> you know, a lot of...
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one third of all the texas clinics that perform abortions are now barred from doing so. a federal appeals court last night allowed new state restrictions to take effect, pending further appeals. the rules say clinic doctors must have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, but many do not. texas is one of a number of states to approve broad new curbs on abortions in recent months. in economic news, u.s. factory output expanded in october, at the best pace in two and half years. that word came today in a closely watched survey of purchasing managers. and major auto makers reported solid gains in october as well. chrysler, ford, g.m. and nissan posted double-digit sales increases over the previous month. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 70 points to close at 15,615. the nasdaq rose two points to close at 3,922. for the week, the dow rose three-tenths of a percent. the nasdaq dropped half a percent. still ahead on the "newshour": iraq's prime minister visits the white house seeking help to curb growing violence back home; the one out of
one third of all the texas clinics that perform abortions are now barred from doing so. a federal appeals court last night allowed new state restrictions to take effect, pending further appeals. the rules say clinic doctors must have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, but many do not. texas is one of a number of states to approve broad new curbs on abortions in recent months. in economic news, u.s. factory output expanded in october, at the best pace in two and half years. that word came...
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impact on at least one big defense contractor, laquid martin, cutting jobs for a -- facilities in ohio, texas, arizona and california. >>> still ahead on "nightly business report", as many families begin the year-end taxplay pltax planning, there are strategies to help you lower your tax bill. >>> maybe hard to believe, but there are only six weeks left until the end of the year. so this may be a good time to prepare for your 2013 taxes, just remember who reminded you of this. especially with new changes to the tax code that could mean you're paying more to uncle sam this next year. what can you do in the meantime? sharon epperson has more. >> reporter: most people don't think about taxes in november, after all tax returns aren't due until next april. >> i'm not even there yet. i'm usually not a last minute person, so mid march. >> i usually do my taxes in february, so we're -- i'm more into the holidays right now, if anything, you know, like thanksgiving around the corner. >> reporter: if you've had big changes in work or at home in the past 12 months, some tax moves could result in big tax
impact on at least one big defense contractor, laquid martin, cutting jobs for a -- facilities in ohio, texas, arizona and california. >>> still ahead on "nightly business report", as many families begin the year-end taxplay pltax planning, there are strategies to help you lower your tax bill. >>> maybe hard to believe, but there are only six weeks left until the end of the year. so this may be a good time to prepare for your 2013 taxes, just remember who reminded...
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kennedy was assassinated by gunfire as he drove in his motorcade through dealey plaza in dallas texas. he was 43 years old. three years into his one and only
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michael burgess of texas: >> any good triage doctor knows before they can fully treat or cure the patient, they have to deal with the immediate problems. in this case, they have to stop the hemorrhage of people losing their private health insurance because of the affordable care act. >> reporter: but the bill also goes a key step further: it lets insurance companies sell new customers plans that fall short of the federal standards. california democrat henry waxman warned that provision would undermine the entire program. >> it will destabilize the health insurance exchanges, raise premiums, and continue to allow insurers to discriminate on the basis of pre-existing conditions. under the republican bill, insurers could cherrypick the best risks and destabilize the insurance market for everyone else. >> reporter: in the end, the vote was 261 to 157 with 39 democrats voting for the republican bill. white house officials feared even more democratic defections before the president announced he's giving insurance companies the option of extending current policies that fall short of the health c
michael burgess of texas: >> any good triage doctor knows before they can fully treat or cure the patient, they have to deal with the immediate problems. in this case, they have to stop the hemorrhage of people losing their private health insurance because of the affordable care act. >> reporter: but the bill also goes a key step further: it lets insurance companies sell new customers plans that fall short of the federal standards. california democrat henry waxman warned that...
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ice storm in the west moved eastward, dumping sleet, freezing rain and snow in arkansas, oklahoma and texas. the system is blamed for the deaths of at least ten people in traffic accidents. forecasts show the storm sweeping up the east coast, just as thanksgiving holiday travel begins in earnest. in thailand, the prime minister invoked emergency law in the face of escalating protests against her rule. thousands of demonstrators flooded streets in bangkok and occupied major ministries. hours later, in a nationally televised address, prime minister yingluck shinawatra said it has to stop. >> ( translated ): the protesters today have staged mass rallies and seized government offices such as the finance ministry, budget bureau, foreign ministry and public relations department... which is preventing officials from doing their work and causing trouble to people in a wide area, and affecting the country's stability. >> ifill: opponents say the prime minister is actually a puppet for her brother, a former prime minister ousted by the military in 2006, amid corruption charges. president obama tried
ice storm in the west moved eastward, dumping sleet, freezing rain and snow in arkansas, oklahoma and texas. the system is blamed for the deaths of at least ten people in traffic accidents. forecasts show the storm sweeping up the east coast, just as thanksgiving holiday travel begins in earnest. in thailand, the prime minister invoked emergency law in the face of escalating protests against her rule. thousands of demonstrators flooded streets in bangkok and occupied major ministries. hours...
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system had earlier crossed the west and southwest, dumping snow and ice from southern california into texas and oklahoma. by today, it was spreading from the gulf coast region up the length of the eastern seaboard. salt trucks hit the roads from north carolina to the northeast trying to get the jump on expected snow and ice. >> yeah, we're getting ready. >> woodruff: airlines braced for major cancellations and flight delays through tomorrow just as millions of people try to get home for the holidays. in new york today, some hoped to beat the bad weather by flying out early. >> it was many hundreds of dollars to change our tickets, but we had family plans in chicago that we can't miss, so off we go and we have to suck it up. >> woodruff: for others, it was too late. some were stuck in miami yesterday after flights to dallas and other western cities were canceled. >> i can't get home, had to spend the whole night in here in this airport on this cold floor. >> woodruff: they were feeling the frustration in milwaukee, as well. >> now we are trying to connect to kansas city to try to get back to
system had earlier crossed the west and southwest, dumping snow and ice from southern california into texas and oklahoma. by today, it was spreading from the gulf coast region up the length of the eastern seaboard. salt trucks hit the roads from north carolina to the northeast trying to get the jump on expected snow and ice. >> yeah, we're getting ready. >> woodruff: airlines braced for major cancellations and flight delays through tomorrow just as millions of people try to get home...
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. >> rose: austin, texas. >> austin, texas. but formula 1, worldwide coverage is incredible today and the races are televised so it's doing very good. >> rose: as you know, nascar has put certain restrictions on the speed of its cars. should formula 1 do the same thing? >> no, because formula 1 is technically much more advanced than any kind of racing here. the cars are -- have sensors, they're expensive cars. in america they've tried to make it simple and easier but formula 1 technically it's under the head of the racing over here. >> rose: and everyday and every season they're trying to make the car faster and faster and faster. >> rose: because there are rules and regulation which is restrict them sometimes because when guy in too quick like tires or whatever then the f.i.a., who is in charge of the whole sport says we have to be careful now. and the safety put into circuits are made for from certain speeds so if they suddenly go 50 kilometers quicker it's going to be bad again. so in the moment it's under control. >> rose:
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began in california, and there was snow across parts of noouchl causing damage to power lines in the texas panhandle. three people were killed in a crash involving more than a dozen vehicles. that brought the death toll to eight. difficult driving conditions in the middlest week as millions of americans take to the roads for thanksgiving. >>> some good news for a change in the stom-ravaged philippines. thousand of filipino fight fans from the devastated city of tacloban cheered on their countryman, manny pacquiao as he registered a title bout late last night. pacquiao dedicated the fight to the storm survivors and has promised to visit tacloban. the official death count from the typhoon now tops 5,000. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> now to our signature segment. tonight we return to hawaii to report on a program that began locally and is now expanding across the nation thanks to its success. it's called hope and designed to keep probationers out of prison. that's a priority for many states since housing inmates is expensive. probation is meant to keep probationers on the straight and narrow without s
began in california, and there was snow across parts of noouchl causing damage to power lines in the texas panhandle. three people were killed in a crash involving more than a dozen vehicles. that brought the death toll to eight. difficult driving conditions in the middlest week as millions of americans take to the roads for thanksgiving. >>> some good news for a change in the stom-ravaged philippines. thousand of filipino fight fans from the devastated city of tacloban cheered on...
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but in air year or two welcome people in states like texas or florida want what california has, insured people getting good coverage that's affordable. >> quickly, if the national website did you want get fixed in a timely way, can -- i mean, we're dependent on that, aren't we? >> absolutely not. for people that need to enroll in coverage in california, we're not using the federal website at all. instead, we actually do a checkup against the irs, the federal hub. so covered california at covered ca.com, we do not use were link or depend on healthcare.gov. a different website. we do, though, ping against the irs and this is an example of what the federal government works really well. three seconds we confirm paem's income against the irs system and that's working every day. >> i'm sure people are happy to hear the irs is working well. executive director of covered california, thanks so much. >> thanks, scott. thanks for having me with you. >>> and now, recent confrontations between police and suspects captured on camera have raised questions about the impact of video on policing. a warni
but in air year or two welcome people in states like texas or florida want what california has, insured people getting good coverage that's affordable. >> quickly, if the national website did you want get fixed in a timely way, can -- i mean, we're dependent on that, aren't we? >> absolutely not. for people that need to enroll in coverage in california, we're not using the federal website at all. instead, we actually do a checkup against the irs, the federal hub. so covered...
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if they are going to hit texas, they move out. these poor people sitting -- nowhere to go. and sitting there hunched almost on the beach in this title wave comes in. >> what's the history and the relationship with the philippines? >> we took over the philippines -- we took them from spain and went in there and slaughtered a lot of folks. >> was it a simple and friendly transfer? >> it was not -- we killed 200,000 philippines. but mcarthur came back in '45 and liberated them from the japanese and mckarr mcarthur. >> his wife and shoe collection and all of that, but we have had recently and historically, a friendly relationship and we had a big naval base there and i think that's going to be coming back. >> we left because they wanted us out. >> but they want us back now. >> but we aught not to go back because why should we go back and undertake again the defense of these islands after they threw us out. you know, tell them -- >> because we're building a ring around china. >> how many philippine- americans are there today? >> there are third or fourth in terms of the numbers.
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i live in san antonio texas. i have been working with students of all ages for 38 years, encouraging them to write their own poems and stories and discover how much material they have. i took the title for my recent book "transfer" from an actual airline's baggage tag, but i was thinking about all the different kinds of transfer we make in our lives from one stage of our lives to another. my mother, miriam shihab, exposed her children to art and culture as much as she could, and our father, aziz shihab, was an immigrant from palestine, a refugee. i was lucky to be told stories as a little child. our father brought tales out of this palestinian background to our bedsides, and the minute i could write when i was six years old, i wanted to start writing little detailed stories, poems of my own. it seemed that telling a story helped us focus, helped us figure out who we were anyway, where were we in the world. "storyteller." where is the door to the story? is the door left open? when he sat by our beds, the days rush
i live in san antonio texas. i have been working with students of all ages for 38 years, encouraging them to write their own poems and stories and discover how much material they have. i took the title for my recent book "transfer" from an actual airline's baggage tag, but i was thinking about all the different kinds of transfer we make in our lives from one stage of our lives to another. my mother, miriam shihab, exposed her children to art and culture as much as she could, and our...
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richard overton is 107 years old, and lives in texas. he was in the army in world war two, and served at pearl harbor, okinawa and iwo jima. two weeks of climate change negotiations have opened in warsaw, poland. envoys from 190 countries will discuss how to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to rising global temperatures. united nations officials hope to lay the groundwork for a climate pact in 2015. a wind farm 12 miles off the coast of fukushima, japan powered up today for the first time. officials hit the "on" switch from shore and then watched for the first turbine to start turning. electricity is being fed to the grid that was crippled after an earthquake and tsunami severely damaged the fukushima nuclear plant. >> ( translated ): many people were victimized and hurt by the accident at the fukushima dai- ichi nuclear power plant, so it is very meaningful to have a new source of energy-- renewable energy-- based here at fukushima. it is the government's mission to ensure this project is a success. >> i
richard overton is 107 years old, and lives in texas. he was in the army in world war two, and served at pearl harbor, okinawa and iwo jima. two weeks of climate change negotiations have opened in warsaw, poland. envoys from 190 countries will discuss how to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to rising global temperatures. united nations officials hope to lay the groundwork for a climate pact in 2015. a wind farm 12 miles off the coast of fukushima, japan powered...
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shopping led to fistfights scuffles broke out inside multiple big box stores from north carolina to texas. >> there was a big brawl and i guess they got kicked out. they didn't get their t.v.s anyway. >> sreenivasan: and police responding to alleged shoplifting at a chicago area store shot a driver seen dragging a fellow officer with his car. both were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. now, the first of two perspectives on the black friday phenomenon for a look at the business side of events. laura champine is senior consumer and retail analyst at canaccord genuity, a banking and financial services company. i spoke with her earlier today. laura champine, thanks for joining us. so six fewer holiday shopping days this year. how significant is that for retailers? >> it's a really big deal especially because it spooks them. six fewer days means everyone day counts so they'll be watching the sales every single day and adjusting their promotions based on how they're doing earlier than last year. >> sreenivasan: is this the reason that stores like wal-mart, k-mart, target c
shopping led to fistfights scuffles broke out inside multiple big box stores from north carolina to texas. >> there was a big brawl and i guess they got kicked out. they didn't get their t.v.s anyway. >> sreenivasan: and police responding to alleged shoplifting at a chicago area store shot a driver seen dragging a fellow officer with his car. both were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. now, the first of two perspectives on the black friday phenomenon for a look...
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. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. vice president lyndon johnson has left the hospital in dallas but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office. >> rose: many americans recall where they were when they heard the news. clint hill remembers. he was there. he is the secret service agent who jumped on to the back of the presidential limousine when the three shots were fired. for years he refused to speak publicly about the tragedy he had witnessed firsthand. now he's put his thoughts down in writing. his new memoir is called "five days in dallas." i'm very pleased to have clint hill at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you, sir. >> rose: no one who has been involved in journalism as long as i have will ever forget-- because he was a friend of mine-- mike wallace and the conversation you had with him. >> yes. >> rose: and how hard it has been for you to come to grips with all the experiences
. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. vice president lyndon johnson has left the hospital in dallas but we do not know to where he has proceeded. presumably he will be taking the oath of office. >> rose: many americans recall where they were when they heard the news. clint hill remembers. he was there. he is the secret service agent who jumped on to the back...
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cold temperatures on our wednesday night-thursday morning, all the way down into parts of florida and texas. in fact, we're looking at temperatures below freezing, across the florida panhandle. it certainly will not feel like the end of november. it will feel like january. >> ifill: i'm cold just thinking about it. bernie rayno, thank you very much. >> ifill: another aspect of the health care law will be delayed. this time, the online health insurance marketplace for small businesses. obama administration officials announced the one-year delay during a conference call with reporters today. they said pushing back the deadline for implementation would give the troubled healthcare.gov website time to make needed fixes. we'll get more details on the delay and what it means to small business owners after this news summary. afghan president hamid karzai softened some of his security demands today. he told radio free europe he'd sign a deal with the u.s. if military raids on afghan homes end and if the u.s. helps restart peace talks with the taliban. he said, "whenever the americans meet these two
cold temperatures on our wednesday night-thursday morning, all the way down into parts of florida and texas. in fact, we're looking at temperatures below freezing, across the florida panhandle. it certainly will not feel like the end of november. it will feel like january. >> ifill: i'm cold just thinking about it. bernie rayno, thank you very much. >> ifill: another aspect of the health care law will be delayed. this time, the online health insurance marketplace for small...
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he's now dean of the bush school at texas a&m. as bad as the current attacks by a resurgent iraqi al qaeda network are, crocker warns they would be far more deadly if sunni and shiite civilians started turning on each other again. >> so far, those tensions have not erupted into the kind of fighting that i saw when i was there in 2008 and i hope very much that the iraqis can keep the lid on the second and far more dangerous hostility. >> reporter: against this bloody backdrop, iraq's prime minister nouri al-maliki arrived in washington this week. he met with vice-president biden yesterday, and other top officials. he's also made the rounds on capitol hill, arguing for more u.s. military hardware, and counter-terrorism and intelligence aid to fight a resurgent al qaida. maliki blames iraq's surge in bloodshed, which exploded last spring, on the civil war in neighboring syria as he did today in a speech at the u.s. institute of peace. >> ( translated ): terrorists came back to iraq when the conflict started in syria, groups like al q
he's now dean of the bush school at texas a&m. as bad as the current attacks by a resurgent iraqi al qaeda network are, crocker warns they would be far more deadly if sunni and shiite civilians started turning on each other again. >> so far, those tensions have not erupted into the kind of fighting that i saw when i was there in 2008 and i hope very much that the iraqis can keep the lid on the second and far more dangerous hostility. >> reporter: against this bloody backdrop,...
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>> my family came to texas in 1828 and they signed a texas declaration of independence and they came from england and made their way to texas and they were actually trained in the law and you had to be catholic to land in texas and he was a natural catholic. i say actual because many declared catholicism on the land. and he was part of this and he became the chief justice in this includes a great friend of sam houston and thomas rusk and my roots to go way back. >> kay hutchison is our guest and pioneering women who shaped texas, sally, good morning to you. you're on booktv. >> good morning. >> caller: my question for the senator is about the mexican women. we talked about the southern belles that came from the east and the women who are already there. >> yes, there were very brave mexican women who are part of mexico in the early days especially and many of them stay, but it was hard for them, because there was a revolution and there was a hardship that yes, there were, and the early women and came in and helped to settle them were at war with mexico and it was a tough situation for
>> my family came to texas in 1828 and they signed a texas declaration of independence and they came from england and made their way to texas and they were actually trained in the law and you had to be catholic to land in texas and he was a natural catholic. i say actual because many declared catholicism on the land. and he was part of this and he became the chief justice in this includes a great friend of sam houston and thomas rusk and my roots to go way back. >> kay hutchison is...
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and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have an i.d. card from your university or your high school, you know, you can vote as long as you're 18 years of age. and now, i know that that same population that i talked with at that mall in southeast ft. worth that really wanted to vote, that they're going to hear this law and they're going to be discouraged. they're not going to go back like speaker wright did or like wendy davis did. they're going to say that -- they're going to think that the state of texas doesn't want them to vote and they're going to sit out, and the residents knew exactly what they were doing when they sought to disenfranchise these very voters that you're talking about right now. >> congressman mark veasey, democrat of texas. thanks for helping us understand this tonight, sir. nice to have you here. >> thank you, rachel. >> thank you. all right, so, senator rand paul has a message for anybody who has accurately reported his habit of lifting other people's work in his
and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have an i.d. card from your university or your high school, you know, you can vote as long as you're 18 years of age. and now, i know that that same population that i talked with at that mall in southeast ft. worth that really wanted to vote, that they're going to hear this law and they're going to be discouraged. they're not going to go back like speaker wright did or...
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and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have an i.d. card from your university or your high school, you know, you can vote as long as you're 18 years of age. and now, i know that that same population that i talked with at that mall in southeast ft. worth that really wanted to vote, that they're going to hear this law and they're going to be discouraged. they're not going to go back like speaker wright did or like wendy davis did. they're going to say that -- they're going to think that the state of texas doesn't want them to vote and they're going to sit out, and the residents knew exactly what they were doing when they sought to disenfranchise these very voters that you're talking about right now. >> congressman mark veasey, democrat of texas. thanks for helping us understand this tonight, sir. nice to have you here. >> thank you, rachel. >> thank you. all right, so, senator rand paul has a message for anybody who has accurately reported his habit of lifting other people's work in his
and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have an i.d. card from your university or your high school, you know, you can vote as long as you're 18 years of age. and now, i know that that same population that i talked with at that mall in southeast ft. worth that really wanted to vote, that they're going to hear this law and they're going to be discouraged. they're not going to go back like speaker wright did or...